Monticello News Snippets and Fair Week Highlights
A crowded list of social visits fills Monticello pages with Miss Lottie Rice from Burlington and Miss Purlinsa Waugh from Fairfield visiting local friends. The writeups note long strings of relatives and guests in Monticello homes, plus a snake show at the fair and a Brown's Business College session opening in Davenport. An army plane will visit Monticello on September 2 as part of Wapsie Valley Fair promotions.
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Fairfield
Monticello
Wapsie Valley Fair
Brown's Business College
Davenport
Town
Lenox College
Charlie Hughes
Indiana
Princess Theater
Monticello Fair Mix of Visitors and Local News
Monticello and surrounding area readers learn of family visits from Chicago Portland and Davenport plus farm purchases and sales. Local students teachers and clergy are noted along with fair preparations and upcoming events at Wapsie Valley Fair Central City and Clinton Business College endorsements.
Monticello News Highlights Local Sales and Fair Preparations
John Woods sold an 81 acre farm northwest of town to William Aldrich for 14700 dollars including stock. The Great Jones County Fair decorations brighten Main streets as town hosts open events and exhibits with Red Cross nurses and local staff organizing.
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William Aldrich
Mr. Woods
First
Maple
Jones County
George McKeever
Odebolt
Monticello
Lightfoot
Mr. McKeever
John Fluckiger
Monticello public schools plan opening Sept 1
Monticello public schools announce a September 1 start with a 9 am opening for all pupils. A new deaf department led by Ida Gleason of New Richmond will operate alongside the rest of the staff.
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Prin
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Grundy Center
Jessie Garry
Burlington
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DeLong
Hinois
Bernice Rodman
Frances Coyle
Doris Northrop
Grasshopper Hay Rake and Loader debuts in 1879 Jones county
August entries detail Orren Vreeman D C Jewett and Alexander Lewis testing the Grasshopper Hay Rake and Loader on Hofacre farm with a claim of 40 tons of hay in three hours for a man and boy with a team.
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Mrs. Chris Reichen obituary and Jones County fair notes
Mrs. Chris Reichen died at her Ryan home Monday after a short illness. Marie Miller Reichen, born in Wohlen Switzerland in 1850, immigrated to the U S in 1890 and moved to Ryan in 1902. Survived by husband Chris and eight children, six living, plus sister Anna Beetler. Funeral at Lutheran church. Also coverage of Jones County Farm Improvement Association fair events with soil testing by county agent Fred F. Clark and alfalfa seed guidance.
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Iowa
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Kellogg
Fred Dankert
Coggan
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Seneca
South Dakota
United States
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Reichen
Lutheran Church
Luheran
Br. Melchert
Jones County Farm Improvement Aeociation
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Jones County
Monticello Great Jones County Fair Opens With Household Arts On Display
The Great Jones county Fair opens with crowds, tents, and displays across the grounds. Kitchen exhibits show strong home cookery as hard rains cut crops while the Kiltie Band performs daily and vaudeville acts entertain alongside baseball games and horse races.
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Jones County
Monticello
Children’s Department
Carlsen
Kiltie
Bobker
Lohse & Sterling
Don’t Drink From the Fountain at the Monticello Fair
A Monticello fair guide highlights cautions on conduct and decorum at the event. It notes floral hall exhibits by Ricklefs & McNeill and a range of displays from Iverson Furniture J J Hayes and Matthiessen Auto Supply. Local businesses Hicks & Ricklefs present goods while Frank Locher showcases player pianos and Edison talking machines.
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Frank Locher
Edison
Singer
Iverson
J. J. Hayes
Matthiessen Auto Supply Company
Floral Hall
Monticello Electric Company
Hicks & Ricklefs
Church Services Resume With Morning Sermon at 11
The pastor returns this week and regular services restart next Sunday at 11:00 a.m. The morning sermon titled The Plea of the Men of Gennesaret outlines what every heart should ask. An open air union service will be held in the evening with preaching.
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Union
Gennesaret
Presbyterian Church
Lena Haeussler
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